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The request came after the World Health Organisation’s proposal to reclassify the B.1.617.2 variant of Covid-19 found in India as a “variant of concern”, raising the alert from a “variant of interest”. People wearing protective face masks wait to receive vaccine outside a centre in Kolkata. (Photo:Reuters) The European Union’s executive on Wednesday called on…

Washington: Researchers at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center have created an open-source online suite of computational models that will help scientists rapidly screen small molecules for their potential COVID-19 fighting properties. A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, mass vaccinations have begun to raise the tantalizing prospect of herd immunity that eventually curtails…

Vaio has launched two new laptops in India: Vaio SE14 and Vaio SX14. The two new laptops will exclusively retail on Amazon starting May 16. Both the laptops offer a lot of promising features and are targeted more towards professionals who can loosen their purse strings for impressive performance.  Features of Vaio SE14  SE14 is…

New Delhi: A host of trains run by the Indian Railways will stand cancelled. These trains will remained cancelled amid the surge in the cases of Covid across the country and also due to poor patronisation. The Northeast Frontier Railway has decided to cancel 31 pairs of Intercity Special, Passenger special and Express special trains….

Chennai: At a time when Tamil Nadu is witnessing all-time-high COVID-19 cases and vaccine hesitancy, megastar Rajinikanth has taken the jab. The septuagenarian actor just returned to his Chennai home after completing the filming of his upcoming flick Annatthe in Hyderabad.  Rajinikanth’s daughter had shared a picture of the veteran actor and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee…

Opener Jos Buttler believes that leading Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 was a great learning experience for skipper Sanju Samson who grew into the role as the tournament progressed. Samson had replaced Australia’s Steve Smith as skipper of Rajasthan Royals in January. “It was a great learning experience for him. And…

After the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) was released on Wednesday, which rose by 4.2 per cent as compared to last year, the US stock market witnessed a slide but the UK stocks remained fairly unaffected by the inflation data. The US Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 4.2 per cent this April, which is…

Washington: A multi-institutional study suggests that prioritizing vaccine delivery to older age groups and the medically vulnerable has the greatest impact in minimizing loss of life. Strategic vaccine delivery is critical to reducing COVID-19 transmission, mortality and long-term health impacts affirm a study published in PLOS Computational Biology by Sam Moore, Matt Keeling and colleagues…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S Defense Department will remove China`s Xiaomi Corp from a government blacklist, a court filing showed, marking a reversal by the Biden administration of one of Donald Trump`s last jabs at Beijing before exiting office. The court filing said the company and the U.S. government would agree to resolve their ongoing litigation,…

New Delhi, May 13 (PTI) Automotive dealers have sought fiscal support, including an extension of GST payment for the next three months, to survive the second wave of COVID-19. As per industry sources, the automotive dealers’ body FADA has written to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, apprising them of the difficulties…